Synonyms of dresses

dresses 1 of 2

noun

plural of dress

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as in gowns

a garment with a joined blouse and skirt usually worn by a woman or girl

what a lovely dress you're wearing today!

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gowns
• jumpers
• frocks
• kimonos
• sundresses
• shirtwaists
• housedresses
• minidresses
• shirtdresses
• sheaths
• chemises
• kirtles
• muumuus
• tea gowns
• overdresses
• granny dresses
• sacks
• Mother Hubbards
• coatdresses
• shifts
• sweaterdresses

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as in costumes

clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation

a bagpiper in full Scottish Highlander dress

Synonyms & Similar Words

• costumes
• clothes
• outfits
• attires
• garbs
• togs
• getups
• guises
• styles
• habiliments
• apparels
• duds
• raiments
• drags
• vestments
• modes
• fashions
• arrays
• caparisons

3

as in looks

the outward form of someone or something especially as indicative of a quality

another version of the Cinderella story but in modern-romance dress

Synonyms & Similar Words

• looks
• attitudes
• figures
• manners
• appearances
• presences
• demeanors
• garbs
• aspects
• regards
• persons
• shapes
• miens
• postures
• outsides
• behaviors
• poses
• bearings
• carriages
• airs
• colors
• stances
• features
• molds
• deportments
• complexions
• poises
• comportments
• faces
• colorings
• habits
• casts
• turns
• countenances
• habitus
• physiognomies
• visages
• superficies

dresses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of dress

1

as in bandages

to cover with a bandage

first wash and then dress the wound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bandages
• heals
• binds
• treats
• ministers (to)
• swathes
• doctors
• nurses
• attends
• remedies
• cares (for)
• medicates
• cures
• rehabilitates
• mends

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unbandages

2

as in decorates

to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming

let's dress up the room with some greenery for the holiday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• decorates
• adorns
• drapes
• trims
• ornaments
• decks
• garnishes
• festoons
• bedecks
• graces
• embellishes
• arrays
• paints
• beautifies
• embosses
• bedizens
• enriches
• dolls up
• caparisons
• emblazes
• blazons
• gussies up
• does
• accessorizes
• embroiders
• pretties (up)
• fancifies
• traps
• glitzes (up)
• does up
• flounces
• ribbons
• tricks (out)
• garlands
• smartens
• feathers
• braids
• frills
• furbelows
• brightens
• dresses up
• jewels
• wreathes
• fancies up
• diamonds
• figures
• appliqués
• fillets
• freshens
• swags
• laces
• fringes
• chases
• bosses
• gems
• pearls
• gilds
• hangs
• spruces (up)
• filigrees
• redecorates
• redoes
• impearls

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scars
• disfigures
• mars
• spoils
• displays
• defaces
• strips
• reveals
• simplifies
• streamlines
• blemishes
• exposes
• denudes
• uncovers
• bares
• dismantles
• divests
• uglifies

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as in polishes

to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure

dress the granite block to be used as the headstone on all four sides

Synonyms & Similar Words

• polishes
• rubs
• coats
• smooths
• scrubs
• glosses
• shines
• furbishes
• scrapes
• burnishes
• sands
• buffs
• grinds
• finishes
• glazes
• smoothens
• bobs
• faces
• files
• varnishes
• lacquers
• slicks
• bones
• veneers
• sleeks
• brightens
• scours
• sandblasts
• japans
• sandpapers
• rasps
• laps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ruffles
• roughens
• roughs (up)
• scuffs (up)

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as in clothes

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes

dressed the young girl in satin and lace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clothes
• costumes
• attires
• gowns
• drapes
• garments
• wraps
• robes
• suits
• apparels
• garbs
• habits
• outfits
• decks (out)
• rigs (out)
• toilets
• jackets
• enrobes
• bedecks
• frocks
• arrays
• togs (up or out)
• caparisons
• vestures
• uniforms
• furnishes
• gets up
• dresses up
• cloaks
• mantles
• vests
• does up
• tailors
• invests
• swaddles
• equips
• huddles
• enswathes
• swathes
• dresses down
• habilitates
• underdresses
• haps
• bedights
• accoutres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strips
• undresses
• disrobes
• unclothes
• disarrays
• uncovers
• unveils
• untrusses
• denudes
• divests
• undrapes

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as in suits

to put on one's best or formal clothes

we don't usually dress for dinner

Synonyms & Similar Words

• costumes
• clothes
• suits
• dresses up
• dolls up
• attires
• garments
• decks
• primps
• robes
• accessorizes
• preens
• apparels
• garbs
• prinks
• rigs (out)
• smartens (up)
• bedecks
• arrays
• togs (out or up)
• invests
• bedizens
• caparisons
• dudes (up)

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as in grows

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

dress the beans by applying fertilizer once a week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grows
• cultivates
• plants
• crops
• produces
• cultures
• tends
• promotes
• raises
• harvests
• rears
• breeds
• propagates
• roots
• sows
• gathers
• sprouts
• reaps
• ripens
• quickens
• gleans
• germinates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kills
• picks
• pulls (up)
• digs
• cuts
• plucks
• mows
• extirpates
• uproots
• hays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dresses

Noun

Ortega has kept other platform Louboutin designs on rotation, like the Christian Louboutin Cassia Satin Pumps, the Rosalie Alta Sandals and the Nenecheritza MM Sandals to pair with her long skirts, dresses or wide-legged trousers. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Bustiers, romantic tops, dresses and elevated separates should also resonate, alongside occasionwear that brings a fresh perspective to glamour through texture, movement and color. — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

If Madame Field must live as a widow, her dresses would suit her status. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

During a performance, the high school ensemble dresses in bright red suits. — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

The theme is The Gilded Age, but no one dresses to the theme, looking like Christine Baranski or Clock Twink. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Best Amazon Prime Day Dress Deals Under $50 The best fall dresses on sale include maxi dresses, sweater dresses, and fall wedding guest dress options. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2026

When designing the makeup, Miller also drew inspiration from costume designer Jacqueline Demeterio’s use of the all-white suit and pivotal red dresses later in the film. — Fawnia Soo Hoo, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026

Verb

Possessing a Midwestern accent, Calvin Klein dresses, Black American skin and hair care products, and a butter-pecan skin tone, Ericka quickly wins over the crew Paulina has ruled for years. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

Nina Piccini, a personal stylist who typically dresses female founders and executives, says workplace clothing is, more than anything, a visual cue. — Morgan Sullivan, Glamour, 29 Sep. 2026

Later, CeCe dresses her up in a pink tutu and makes up a dance for her kitten. — Parents, 31 July 2026

Young, who dresses Dakota Johnson, Julianne Moore, and Scarlett Johansson, spotlighted it as an essential for summer travel in her latest Quince curation. — Olivia Cigliano, InStyle, 31 July 2026

Regardless, men behaving in a repulsed or shocked way when a man dresses feminine or in women’s clothing is homophobic. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026

Will’s obsessive, put-upon mother, Susan (Tandi Wright), belittles Alice, dresses her down for her attire at the funeral, and forces her to wear heels that don’t fit, leaving her feet bloody. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 10 July 2026

Dior dresses the players for every official appearance—not as a sponsorship decoration but as a statement of aesthetic register. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 28 June 2026

While both draw big crowds and, like the pope, Bad Bunny often dresses in white, their messages are contrasting. — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026